Homework for Grown-ups: Everything You Learnt at School. and Promptly Forgot

Foley, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0099540029 / ISBN 13: 9780099540021

Published by Vintage, 2012

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Seller Inventory # rev5190492427

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Homework for Grown-ups: Everything You Learnt at School. and Promptly Forgot
• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099540029
• ISBN 13: 9780099540021
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 1050 grams

About this title

Synopsis

''An obvious candidate to take to a desert island, along with Shakespeare and the Bible'' Daily Telegraph

Don''t know your isosceles from your equilateral? Forgotten what actually happened in 1066? Any idea why the sky is blue? This bestselling bible of old-school knowledge for grown-ups has all the answers.

With fun lessons in mathematics and algebra, English language and literature, chemistry and the sciences, geography, history, Latin, modern languages and more, Homework for Grown-ups is packed with essential information, facts, figures and theories, along with entertaining test questions to keep you on your toes and reignite those long-dormant brain-cells.

About the Author

E. Foley and B. Coates were star pupils who always got their homework in on time. Based in London, they now check other people's homework and grammar for a living.